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Yvette Clarke: We simply cannot afford to lose broad sections of the grid for days, or weeks.

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
We simply cannot afford to lose broad sections of the grid for days, or weeks.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Stressing the critical importance of maintaining electric grid functionality.

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